Professional, Corporate and government Committees, Board Memberships

University of British Columbia (UBC), External Reviewer of the School of Biomedical Engineering, October 2021.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Visiting Committee, Mechanical Engineering, 2019-present.
National Academy of Engineering (NAE), Mechanical Engineering Nominating Search Committee, Vice Chair 2019-2020, Chair 2020-2021; NAE EngineerGirl Committee, Member, 2017-2021; NAE Membership Policy Committee, 2019-2022; NAE Racial Justice and Equity (RJ&E) Committee, 2021-present.
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), Review Panel on Health and Medicine Engineering, October 2020.
MITACS Research Council Board 2015-2021, Emeritus, 2021-present.
ASME Committee on Honors: Nancy Deloye Fitzroy and Roland V. Fitzroy Medal Committee, Chair, 2019-2022; Kate Gleason Award Committee, Chair, 2017-2020, member 2021-2024; Allan Kraus Thermal Management Medal, member, 2020-present.
Royal Society of Canada, RSC Academy of Science, Applied Sciences and Engineering Division, Committee for the Selection of New Fellows, 2011-2012, 2019-present.
Next Generation Manufacturing Canada, Board of Directors Member; Initiative: Advanced Manufacturing Superclusters, University Rep, 2018-2020.
Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine (CWSEM), The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, Committee Member, 2017-2020.
ASME EPPD (Electronic & Photonic Packaging Division) Awards Committee, 2019-present.
NSERC IRC Site Visit, UBC, November 2019.
Germany’s Excellence Strategy Review Committee Member, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Site Visit, 2019.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Advisory Board on Development of Models for Materials with Low Thermal Conductivity, 2018-present.
MKS Instruments Inc., Board of Directors, 2007-2016, Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee, 2007-2016, Compensation Committee, 2012-2016.
Engineer 2030, External Reviewer, CORFO, Chile, 2015-2018.
Order of the White Rose, Jury and Founding Committee Member, Scholarship Competition commemorating Ecole Polytechnique Massacre, 2014-2019.
American University of Beirut, Department of Mechanical Engineering, External Reviewer, February 2014.
Chilean New Engineering for 2030, Innova Chile CORFO, Senior Evaluator, January 2014.
University of Waterloo Engineering, Vision 2015: Building on Excellence, External Assessor.
ASEE EDC Committee on Diversity, Member, 2009-present, Nominating Committee, 2012-present.
ASME Committee on Honors, Member, 2009-present, Chair 2014-2015.
Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB), Visiting Team Vice-Chair, 2010-2011.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign UIUC College of Engineering, Board of Visitors, 2009-present.
International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer, Executive Committee Member, Rep for Canada, 2010-2018.
Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC), Founding Chair, 2008-2009, Executive Committee, 2008-2016.
National Council of Deans of Engineering and Applied Science (NCDEAS) of Canada, Research Committee Chair, 2008-2018.
Northeastern ADVANCE External Advisory Board, 2008-2016.
Engineering Deans Council (EDC), Executive Board Director, ASEE 2007-2009.
University of Pennsylvania’s Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, External Review Chair, 2008.
UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Mechanics, External Visiting Team Member, 2008.
Stanford University’s Mechanical Engineering Department, Board of Advisors, 2006-present.
National Research Council, The National Academies Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, 2006-2007, Panel Report entitled ‘Benchmarking the Research Competitiveness of the U.S. in Mechanical Engineering,’ The National Academies Press, 2007.
Bombardier ETrain, Committee Member, 2008-2010.
Purdue University qHUB, Advisory Board Member, 2007-2010.
Case Western Reserve University, School of Engineering, External Review Committee, 2005-2007.
National Science Foundation, Fundamentals of Complex, Engineered, Organizational and Natural Systems, AB member 2005-2009.
National Research Council, The National Academies, Space Studies Board, Committee on Microgravity Research CMGR, sub-committee on Emerging Technologies, 2001-2004, Committee Report entitled Assessment of Directions in Microgravity and Physical Sciences Research at NASA, The National Academies Press, 2004.
Visiting Committee, Engineering Division of the Colorado School of Mines, 2004-2006.
Advisory Board and External Reviewers, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, American Univ. of Beirut, Lebanon, 2005-present. Review of proposed Ph.D. Program to New York State Department of Education, 2005.
The City University of New York, The City College, NSF CREST Center for Mesoscopic Modeling and Simulation (CMMS), External Advisory Board Member, 2001-2005.
Chair, External Review Committee of Mechanical Engineering Centers in Portugal, FCT, Department of Science and Post-Secondary Education, Portugal, October 1997, September 1999, January 2003, April 2008, October 2018.
International Centre of Heat and Mass Transfer Scientific Council Board Member, 2002-2006.
The Executive Women’s Council of Pittsburgh, 2002-2007.